Ecosystem Crossword
Across
- 3. A living thing
- 5. An animal that usually has hair or fur and feeds its young milk
- 8. A place that protects an animal from danger
- 9. A process that repeats again and again in nature
- 11. A group of similar organisms
- 14. An animal that eats other animals
- 16. An animal with a hard outer shell, such as a crab
- 22. Everything surrounding a living organism
- 25. An animal that eats plants
- 26. A feature that helps an organism survive
- 27. A part of a plant that can grow into a new plant
- 29. The main source of energy for most ecosystems
- 31. An animal that has a backbone
- 32. The variety of living things in an area
- 33. An animal that helps plants reproduce by moving pollen
- 35. An animal that is hunted by another animal
Down
- 1. An animal with feathers, wings and a beak
- 2. An organism such as a mushroom
- 4. An animal with six legs and three main body parts
- 6. An animal such as a snail, slug or octopus
- 7. An animal with scales that is usually cold-blooded
- 10. An organism that lives on or in another organism
- 12. Tiny living organisms found almost everywhere
- 13. An animal with eight legs, such as a spider
- 15. An animal that feeds on dead animals
- 17. Shows who eats whom in an ecosystem
- 18. An animal that can live in water and on land
- 19. An animal that does not have a backbone
- 20. An animal that hunts other animals
- 21. All the members of one species living in an area
- 23. An animal that eats both plants and animals
- 24. An animal that lives in water and breathes using gills
- 28. A community of living things and their environment
- 30. The place where an organism lives
- 34. A gas that many animals need to breathe